Example sentences of "[is] probably a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is probably a murderer himself ; the lightmindedness of his retrospective half-confirmations and half-denials is oddly disgusting ; and for him killing people is no more doing something than sleeping with little girls or setting off for the North Pole . |
| 2 | Mr Shaw said that a jury 's task in awarding damages would be very difficult : ‘ It is probably a unique case , with a unique plaintiff , whom they probably felt should n't be made to suffer any more . |
| 3 | Add to that the 17–20 per cent of the power output consumed in stripping the carbon dioxide and the outcome is probably a doubling in the cost of the electricity produced . |
| 4 | The answer is probably a bit of both . |
| 5 | It is probably a wise precaution in view of allegations that the couple stole billions of dollars from their country . |
| 6 | It is probably a minority , but a general feeling that the Roman Catholic Church is a threat is widely shared . |
| 7 | That the handle is adenine , rather than some other organic molecule , is probably a historical accident , but it is not an accident that the phosphate is attached to some characteristic molecule that the enzyme can recognize . |
| 8 | Above your head is probably a vast amount of space , which can be used for storage and a whole range of activities — the loft . |
| 9 | There is probably a problem with the syncromesh on 3rd gear and in view of the age , mileage and warranty , I suggest you have the vehicle repaired as this type of fault will not repair itself . |
| 10 | Since Philip Leapor 's sister had died in childhood , this is probably a sister of the poet 's mother , suggesting that the Sharman family was also literate . |
| 11 | A date carved into one of the door lintels bears his initials and the date 1698 , although this stone is probably a replacement for an earlier one . |
| 12 | Calling the event ‘ care givers ’ or ‘ carers ’ assembly is probably a much better idea . |
| 13 | Walter says that it is probably a wedding but suggests that we investigate . |
| 14 | It is probably a mistake to regard the urethral syndrome as one single condition rather as it would be wrong to think of ‘ pneumonia ’ as being a single disease of the lungs . |
| 15 | This is probably a result of inadequate treatment and is more common in those who have been treated late on in the infectious stage . |
| 16 | This is probably a good indication that you should n't waste your time going to bed with him again . |
| 17 | There was a feeling of commitment to the new way , which is probably a very old way , practised in the stone circles of the ancient ones . |
| 18 | ‘ I guess it is probably a bad thing , but I am quite a flirty person . |
| 19 | This is probably a reflection partly of larger peasant populations in the South , but also of religious and cultural differences . |
| 20 | You actually see far more than is registered in your conscious mind — and this is probably a good thing . |
| 21 | Should these general measures fail after a minimum three-month period the drug of first choice is probably a cardioselective β-blocking agent such as atenolol or metoprolol or alternatively a calcium antagonist such as nifedepine . |
| 22 | This is probably a comparatively rare occurrence for small mammals , but it certainly does occur . |
| 23 | Secondly , production convenience is probably a more convincing reason . |
| 24 | The pulsar is probably a different object . |
| 25 | Unhappily , the conditions needed for the reaction to proceed with reasonable rates and good selectivity are so stringent ( 300C and 500–1000 atmospheres pressure ) that commercialisation is probably a long way off . |
| 26 | A male who stands by and allows another companion member of the coalition to mate with a receptive female is not really being altruistic , because that companion is probably a relative . |
| 27 | This translocation is probably a perversion of the normal activities of some cells . |
| 28 | Before any submicroscopic helical structures ( such as molecules , microtubules , flagella and viruses ) were known , H. R. Crane , whom I mentioned earlier , said ‘ … any structure that is straight or rod-like when seen at low magnification is probably a structure repeating along a screw axis ( ie , it is a helix ) . |
| 29 | The argument that Sizewell will make electricity cheaper than it would otherwise be , is probably a lot weaker than the board claims . |
| 30 | The spores apparently can live only a few weeks at most in the environment ; infections have been induced experimentally by contact with spores from the insect 's surroundings , but this is probably a minor source of infection in nature . |